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On the recordDecember 1, 2015
soon we will be debating the future of ObamaCare. The American people have told us they want Congress to repeal this so-called health care law. They told us to start over with real health care reform. This actually shouldn't be a very controversial vote. It is clear, even to the law's supporters, that the Obama health care law has not worked out in any way they had specifically expected. The ObamaCare health care law is collapsing, whether the President wants to admit it or not. Democrats should really be eager to join us to help fix the damage that has been done by this law. So far they have been much more focused on protecting President Obama's legacy than on protecting the American people and the health of the American people from ObamaCare. Last month President Obama did a radio show in which he was asked about the law and about problems with the law because people all across the country are seeing significant problems with the law. The President would not admit to a single problem with this law. He insisted: ``It has been a success.'' Well, I go home to Wyoming every weekend. I am a doctor. I practiced medicine in Wyoming for 25 years, and the people whom I talk to--my patients, my neighbors, people all around the State, and the people whom I run into in my travels--do not consider ObamaCare a success. Democrats come to the floor and say: It is OK that insurance rates are rising. Remember when the President said they would go down by $2,500 per family?…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Dec 1, 2015

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